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What brand were your broken ones? I'll spend $75 on a pair of flip flops if they last a decade, I blow out a pair or two of cheap ones every year

This summer of tribulation has affirmed to me that the community here is full of great people. Every time I've logged on to check for updates (my ability to log on was never interupted, windows 10, chrome) I've had a horrible feeling that I would be reading about the end of the site. Today all...

I spent this (Memorial Day) weekend on the WF. I'm writing this from a site there, actually. Be here all week. I haven't been paying close attention (because I'm a local that moved in mid-week) but I noticed at least 3 available sites this weekend. I was not in the main bay or north of Coyote...

I've had a few cheap power banks and I've had best luck with the RAV brand. I've never had an Anker. I've tried waterproof/shockproof ones before but the ports haven't held up. Mine has it's own dedicated ziploc bag for tripping. I use it quite frequently year round, and drain it completely...

First things first: I am really good at breaking rods. One May I spent 8 days on Kekekabic (bwca) with a friend. We entered with 5 rods, exited with 2 and a bunch of pieces. I broke all of them. I have an ultralight 1 piece ugly stick that I really love. I have had it longer than any of my...

Glad you found a route! Should be a good one, no big water and plenty of sights. Should be able to find some fish, too. Not sure if you're looking to fish. I believe there are walleye pike and bass in every lake on your route except Oyster, which will have lake trout. That late in the...

Last year was the busiest year ever for the BWCA from what I understand. This year will probably be nearly as busy. Last year was the first year in many that I did not spend a night in the wilderness area. I did spend a few nights on a few lakes just south of the wilderness area in the...

I have a large Labrador (100#) and have had the best luck limiting his movement in the canoe while underway with a pack in the same compartment as him. When I give him an entire compartment to move about in, he invariable lays down up against one gunwale. So I just put something else against...

I saw a group with rowing rigs in the BWCA come flying past my campsite on lake three a few years ago. Three guys in two tandems, second canoe had the "navigator" and he was the only one facing forwards. They were too far away for me to tell what the canoes were but they were going VERY fast.

Prospectors are very popular boats and have been for a long time. You said that you test paddled a prospector 15 and felt comfortable... Were you using a double bladed paddle when you did? I do not use a double blade, perhaps someone else here has used one in a Prospector solo and can attest...

Doesn't everyone just go to "today's posts" or "new topics" anyway? I agree that too many stickies on one forum can be a very bad thing. However, we have 34 forums here and there's certainly room for one or two stickies in some forums. I would limit the most active forums like DIY and General...

Adam has made plenty of videos that were not of him destroying a canoe. This montage is one of the best on the web IMO. I think his videos are well made and provide good instruction albeit a little more fast paced than an enthusiast, like most of the members here, would desire. Whether you...

Welcome to the forum! There are some top-notch folks here and the discussion stays classy. Glad to see more from the area join up here! There are so many rivers and flowages to take a trip on around here but they don't get much coverage on many websites. Zac

I don't see why you can't go and get it. Just don't stop anywhere else along the way. If you have to fuel up, sanitize the pump handle and your hands afterwards. You could even do the deal while maintaining 6' of separation between you and the seller.

Impressive stacking there, recped. This is my car. It is not a truck.

+1 to opening all of the doors and windows and going nuts with a leaf blower. The 36 volt (two 18v batteries) blower from Makita is the champion IMO. I should get a commission from Makita as I've had at least 4 people be so impressed by this tool that they've gone out and bought one of their...

Perhaps it was your description of the bugs. I thought, as a rule, we were supposed to adopt the British style of massive understatement in regards to insects on northern canoe trips. "The swarms of mosquitoes neither blocked the sun in it's entirety nor did they cause our eyes to fully swell...

+1 I have the mini (Luci EMRG, 2.5 oz, IP67 waterproof rating) and a full sized version with a USB port for charging other devices (Luci Pro Series, 5.5 oz, IP67). I will strap them to the top of my pack or to the canoe somewhere during the day so they catch some rays. Most of the time I only...

Seeing how lightweight Sadie looks, my first thought is how my next dog should be quite a bit smaller than the 100# lab I paddle around with now. Then I think about how devastated I will be when Boomer does leave this world. I've lost a few good dogs but never one that I was as close with as...

I am loving the detail and all of the pictures (lack of photographs on those incessantly windy days is forgiven). I especially enjoy the horticultural shots from a couple of posts ago! So many people fail to stop and 'smell the flowers' properly. I am glad your ID books made it through...